8:25 AM,
Jul. 14, 2013

Erikka Gray in her business, District 78, in Covington. The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy

Written by

Dave Malaska
| Enquirer contributor

The city's central business district, particularly along Pike and Seventh streets and Madison Avenue, is being targeted by a new retail bent that could transform the look and feel of the area. "Pop-up" retailing, the trendy quick-hit stores that specialize in the unique, fueled by the speed of social media and temporary by nature, are starting to fill vacant Covington storefronts.

Long an urban staple, "pop-ups" can trace their origins back to the trunk sales of the early 1900s. More recently, they regained popularity in France before spreading ...